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This final Derby Trail column before departing for Louisville is more of a potpourri of thoughts, scenarios, angles, trivia, and a touch of nonsense. Read the full column here.

With all the major prep races now complete, here is an updated list of the graded earnings through Sunday, April 19. The top 20 horses are eligible for a spot in Kentucky Derby 135. From what I can tell, the horses who are question marks in the top 20 are Win Willy and Giant Oak. If there are no changes to this list, these will be your ...

The Kentucky Derby has had some close (a length or less) finishes in its storied history. We've gone back through the charts and pulled 11 of what we think are some of the most memorable.  Though not every close finish is listed below, but it was our goal to get a good cross-section of recent (1999 - Charismatic) and older (1933 - Broker's ...

For those of you who love watching the race replay videos on BloodHorse.com, we have good news for you. The 7 day viewing restriction has been removed; race replay videos will now be available for free viewing at any point in time. In addition, we've greatly expanded the amount of videos being offered on BloodHorse.com. Stakes, Allowance, and ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston  What does a horse have to do to get a little respect these days?  Pioneerof The Nile has a record of eight starts with five wins, including two Grade 1 and two Grade 2 victories.  He has beaten everyone's Derby Darling, I want Revenge, in two of those races and Papa Clem was also a victim of his ...

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By Brad Edwards, Tote Board Brad Blog  Fans came out in droves Sunday April 5th for the 9 race card a Golden Gate. 11,462 in paid attendance availed themselves to the popular dollar day promotion, which constituted the biggest on hand crowd since at least 1995 when 11,087 fans took in the presidents day program. No attendance surpassing ...

The news has been depressing during the selling season for 2-year-olds in training. In general, the key business figures like gross revenue and average price have been down at the select auctions and the buy-back rate has increased. But there have been a few positive developments: 1. The nation's four major auction companies - Barretts, ...

Well, here we are, just over two weeks away from Derby 135. On paper, it is shaping up to be one of the most wide-open Derbys is recent memory. In fact, there have been seven horses that have won multiple prep races at a mile or over this season, and five of them will go on to Louisville. This weekend, we have the last major Derby prep with the ...

A native of Tenafly, New Jersey, Jeannine Edwards spent about 10 years on the backstretch as an exercise rider and apprentice jockey, and then a couple of years as trainer in New York and New Jersey before initially getting into television part-time as an in-house host. She began doing interviews and handicapping after moved to Maryland in ...